Chapter Meeting
June 9, 2016
Hopmonk Tavern 4:00-6:00pm
MINUTES
At 4:15 pm, President Karen Ayala opened the meeting. Present were: Karen Ayala, Terri Nadell, Nancy
Duns, Alex Young, Debbie Aviron, Diana Dawson, Liliana Nazarian, Laura Keaton,
Adriane Lommel, Erika Greene, and Erin Feely
Hand-outs:
·
Chapter
Meeting Agenda
·
Minutes of April
20, 2016 Chapter Meeting
·
Treasurer’s
report
·
Chapter
meeting dates schedule
Approval of
Agenda: The agenda
was approved by Nancy Duns, seconded by Laura Keaton with no changes.
Secretary’s
Report: The chapter
minutes were approved by Laura Keaton, seconded by Terri Nadell with no
changes.
Treasurer’s
Report: The
treasurer’s report was approved by Terri Nadell, seconded by Adriane Lommel with
no changes.
Chapter Meeting Dates for
remainder of the year: A revised list of dates was distributed to everyone for the
meetings throughout the end of this year.
We will schedule 2017 upon everyone’s return from summer vacation.
Release Time/Meetings: Karen reminded everyone that they
need to take lunch, PN or vacation time to attend Chapter Meetings. Adriane asked if our electronic time sheets
had an area to record the “other time.” Answer, yes.
Professional
Growth: The Professional Growth
reimbursement period is closed this year.
We will not receive funds till possibly October of this year. We need to wait till the new budget is
rolled.
Scholarship Fund: Revised forms were handed out for
review. Alex also posted the updated
forms on the CSEA blog.
Paraeducators Conference
Presentation: Liliana
spoke about the Paraeducator Conference she and Araceli attended. The conference was in Ontario and about 3500
people attended this year. She mentioned
there was a variety of workshops and trainings to attend. Many different subjects were covered to
assist Paras with needs on their jobs.
She mentioned their travel planning was more work this year and it would
be helpful if the Paras attending did not have to pay up front for the
attendance of the conference, as some may not be able to afford to do
this. Adriane mentioned there is a
“Travel Advance Form” that may be helpful in this case. Karen will look into what is needed to use
this form. Liliana thanked the
membership for the opportunity to attend this conference again this year.
Good of the Order: Adriane asked Karen to follow-up
with management on how much release time has been used this year. Adriane
mentioned it is always a good idea to keep track of what is used. Karen will
address this in our next meeting and thanked Adriane for the question. Karen
thanked everyone for attending and we conducted the raffle at the end of the
meeting. We used everyone’s names that attended
and delivered the Starbucks cards to the 5 winners.
Adjournment was at 5:20 pm
